Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 180
After drinking the first glass of wine, the rest is free to play.

Those who are willing to drink drink, those who are willing to gossip, do not follow the rules on the wine table, which is equivalent to a private reception.

Li Hongbing likes this kind of atmosphere very much, he is relaxed and does not drink for the sake of drinking.

Drink and talk, talk and drink.

Somehow the topic came to farming.

Immediately aroused a lot of complaints about cursing the sky and the earth. In a word, only those who don't enter will farm the land.

It was June, and before the rainy season came, the men and women in Caogou Village were going out to work as wheat workers.

The altitude of the forest area is high, and the winter wheat belongs to the late-maturing area, and it is also in the rainy season. There is more than a week between the two. The land in many villages is terraced. The harvesters cannot enter the work, so they can only be harvested by wheat workers.

Working as a wheat worker is hard.

In the morning, before dawn, I have to go to the fields to work in the sun, until it is dark. After a day, the skin will peel off, and the skin will be sore and itchy.

Hearing the harvesting of wheat, a group of old men sighed again, who said that Caogou Village was poor and remote, and complained that in the old life, they only wanted to escape from disaster, and didn't know how to find a place with good geomantic omen, and finally suffered for their descendants.

Listening to everyone's complaints, Li Hongbing, who had just drank half a teacup of 70-degree first-drink wine and hadn't used his original power to cheat, began to get up, and asked vaguely.

"Do you want to farm at home?"

"I must think, if farming can make money, who would want to move."

"That's right, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as your own kennel, and Kete Niang's farming really doesn't make money."

"Last year, the purchase price of a catty of rice was 1 yuan, and it was only 1 yuan to buy a catty of rice. It's so special."

boom!
Li Hongbing who was completely on top slammed the table, startling everyone in the room.

Then with blurred eyes, he picked up the tea mug, took another gulp of white wine, and asked loudly.

"I asked you if you would like to farm."

This!
Everyone in the room was dumbfounded.

Uncle Red Soldier is the wine commander!
A few days ago, it was okay to have a party of more than a dozen people at a big banquet, but now they just go crazy after drinking.

"Lao Gen, what's in your drink?" Li Huaizhong asked in a low voice.

Lao Genqi's face was flushed red, the liquor had been brewed for decades, and several handfuls of dogs hadn't been mixed with it. Li Huaizhong didn't believe himself when he asked this question.

"Nothing is mixed. When the wine is served, you are not watching from the side."

Oh!
I forgot.

Li Huaizhong sneered to cover up his embarrassment.

"I'm asking you something, so fart it." Li Hongbing roared again.

The people present saw that tonight's wild wine party was over, and when they met a drunkard, they had to cater to them.

"All kinds, we plant."

"I love farming."

"I also farm, Uncle Hongbing, why don't you drink after a break." Dakui stood up, intending to help Li Hongbing to sit beside him for a while.

"Get up, I'm not drunk." Li Hongbing pushed Da Kui two or three meters away with a push of his arm, and said to the crowd shaking his head.

"I'm telling you, I want to grow vegetables in the village. I will rent out the whole village's land. You come to plant the land. I have money. I have millions. I will produce seeds and let you all grow ten thousand yuan." household."

What!
As the saying goes, drunk speak the truth.

When Li Hongbing spoke about the wine, everyone in the room was startled.

Contract land, grow vegetables in the whole village, several million, ten thousand households.

The amount of information is a bit large.

After they reacted, everyone wanted to continue asking for some news. At this time, Li Hongbing was already sleeping soundly on the table.

This... What is this shit called?

Li Huaizhong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and looked at the snoring Li Hongbing and shook his head.

I really heard those words just now.

If what the Red Soldier said is true, then Caogou Village can be regarded as alive.

Similarly, the villagers are also whispering, exchanging what they heard with each other. There is only one central point, whether Uncle Red Soldier's words are true or false.

Li Huaizhong stood up and said, "Okay, it's time to drink. Tomorrow, when the Red Soldier sobers up, we'll ask him face to face that day. Da Kui, you and Tie Zhu will send the Red Soldier back by bike."

……

early morning.

Li Hongbing opened his eyes in a daze, he was not awakened by the crowing, but by the throbbing pain in his head.

It doesn't matter if you open your eyes.

Suddenly seeing Shan Xing's pretty face close at hand.

Suddenly, apart from the pain, there was a blank space in my head.

Li Hongbing hurriedly urged his original power to dispel the residual alcohol in his body, and quietly put his hand under the bed.

really.

The clothes were ripped off!

I reached out to touch it again, but fortunately, Shan Xing's clothes were still there.

Boo!
Sensing the movement, Shan Xing opened her beautiful eyes sleepily, and met Li Hongbing's eyes.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

There was no screaming, no panic, no shouting, only a touch of affection entangled the two of them, everything was so logical.

"Wake up!" Li Hongbing asked softly.

Ah!
Shan Xing blushed and nodded, suddenly remembered something, "Oh, I forgot to make breakfast."

While speaking, he was about to get up, but unexpectedly, he was pushed into his arms by Li Hongbing.

"They're all grown up, they can make enough food and clothing by themselves, they won't die from starvation, and they can chat with me for a while."

outside the house.

The wolf dogs, honey dogs, Baizui, and little eagle owl squatted outside the window, listening to the laughter coming from the room, their stomachs rumbling.

The blind man knew that there was nothing to eat this morning, "Oh, idiot, follow me to order some noodles, you can figure out your own way!"

"No, Grandpa still wants to beg the idiot." The idiot stood guard at the door, muttering.

"Master, that's a drinking talk. You take it seriously. If you don't leave, you won't have food in the morning." The blind man slapped his forehead and threatened him with breakfast.

Silly boy stood where he was, thinking about which one is more important, breakfast or worship, but in the end he chose the former, and walked into the kitchen dejectedly.

The wolfhounds pouted and left the old house.

Go to the meadow to catch rabbits without breakfast, and still be hungry, what a joke.

The honey dogs also chattered for a while, and ran over the fence in groups.

Bai Zui thought for a while, his wife was still sick and needed nutrition, so he got into the chicken shed.

Hearing a commotion in the chicken shed, the white beak and disheveled face rushed out of the hen shed with an egg in its mouth, flew to the goshawk, and graciously pecked the egg shell with its beak.

Tweet!

Seeing that there was no food in the morning, the little horned owl slipped into the vegetable garden and ate a few more worms before the chickens came out.

A bunch of fools!
The princess lay on the chair, looking at the animals leaving with contempt
in the room.

Li Hongbing put his arms around Shan Xing, listening to Shan Xing's description of how he was drunk, he looked surprised.

"I want to ask the idiot for help!"

"I'm holding Erhei Twisting Yangko!"

"I said I would take you to Türkiye, and also to Tokyo and Paris?"

"I take a bath naked by the well."

"I'll drag you into the bridal chamber."

"Da Kui and the others saw it all."

Seeing Shan Xing's snickering expression, Li Hongbing wished he could cover her head to toe with a quilt.

Disgraceful and lost.

stop laughing.

Li Hongbing only felt his face was hot, seeing Shan Xing was still smiling, he covered the quilt in shame and anger, only heard Shan Xing let out a coquettish cry, which turned into a moan.

Since hearing Uncle Hongbing's wine talk last night, all the villagers who participated in the wild wine had insomnia, and walked towards Li's old house early in the morning with dark circles under their eyes.

Uncle Hongbing said that he is worth several million yuan, and he has to contract land to grow vegetables, making everyone in the village a household of ten thousand yuan.

Is it the truth or a lie.

Hurry to the door of Li's old house.

A group of people look at me and I look at you. They all know that the wolfhounds of Uncle Red Soldier's house are fierce, and no one dares to knock on the door.

"You bastard, I'm coming!" Tie Zhu taunted, pulled away the villagers in front of him, strode to the gate, put his hands on his hips, moved his dantian, and shouted to the sky, "Uncle Hong Soldier, are you up yet, we have something to do with you .”

Whoa whoa whoa!

A big white cockatoo landed on the fence, tilted its head and looked at the villagers in front of the door, and suddenly said something.

"Who is in the hall, report the name! Who is in the hall, report the name!"

"!!!" Villager.

"I'm looking for the Red Soldier, go and shout." Tie Zhu seemed to be very aware of the urine behavior of the big white bird, and took out a hickory nut from his pocket and put it on the ground.

"You understand me." The great white parrot flapped its wings and fell to the ground, picked up the hickory nuts, and flew towards the yard.

This works too!

The villagers gave Tie Zhu a thumbs up.

soon.

The courtyard door was opened, and the silly boy was stunned for a moment when he saw so many villagers in front of the door.

"Silly boy, is your grandfather there?" Li Huaizhong asked with a rare kind face.

In fact, not only Li Huazhong is like this, but all adults in the village treat the idiot like this. Sometimes when children bully the idiot, they will scold the child.

Because there is a saying passed down from generation to generation in the village, no fool can make a village.

It means that there will always be a fool in every village, who usually hangs around the village with nothing to do. As long as this person is there, the village will not disappear, because this fool is elected by the land to guard the village.

The purpose of their existence is to ward off disasters for the village and absorb all bad luck on themselves.

The village guards cannot leave the village for the rest of their lives, and their destiny is to guard the village, because they want to keep the secrets, and God will give them more clarity in their minds.

Therefore, the villagers are kind by nature. There are five disadvantages and three disadvantages. The five disadvantages refer to widowhood, widowhood, loneliness, loneliness, and disability. The three disadvantages refer to wealth, life, and power. The lifespan of the villagers will not be too long. Nobody cares.

The older generation will also tell the younger generation that if you meet a village guard, you can tell him to ignore him, but you can't laugh at him and bully him, because the village guard is always the first to know about a wedding or funeral at home, and the village guard will be there very early in the day. past.

"Shhh, Grandpa is fighting with Aunt Xing." The silly boy covered his mouth with his fingers with a mysterious face, and when he saw Da Kui in the crowd, he suddenly clapped his hands, "It's the same as Da Kui beating Grandma Guifeng."

Brat, talk nonsense.

Big Kui immediately hooked his head, pretending to be an ostrich.

People around asked Sha Wa to see clearly how Da Kui beat Gui Feng.

"Okay, okay, I'm a master now, and I still bully idiots." Li Huaizhong stopped the villagers from continuing to tease, took out a handful of fruit candies from his pocket, and stuffed them in idiot's hands, "Your aunt said it's been a long time Seeing you, let me bring you some candy, if you are hungry, I will go to your aunt."

Ah!
Shawa nodded and let out the doorway.

A group of people walked into the courtyard laughing and laughing, and the silly boy's eyes lingered on one of the villagers for a moment, and he lowered his head to count how many fruit candies he had in his hand.

When he was about to reach the front yard, Li Huaizhong slowed down and yelled deliberately, telling Li Hongbing that a guest had come.

really.

When they walked into the front yard, Li Hongbing was already standing in the yard, and Shan Xingqiao was busy moving stools and water with her blushing face.

"It's not a coincidence that we came here!" Li Huaizhong asked with a playful expression, and a group of gentlemen behind Da Kui, Tie Zhu, and Shui Sheng showed smiles that men could understand.

Shan Xing, who was moving the stool, paused for a moment, the red glow spread from her neck to her face, put down the stool, turned around and walked quickly into the room.

Since Li Hongbing returned to the village, Shan Xing has changed every day. Not only the scars on her face have almost disappeared, but even her injured leg is almost healed. Everyone has noticed the changes in Shan Xing and is happy for her.

"When will the work be done?" Li Huaizhong asked jokingly.

Li Hongbing expressed his attitude directly, and also told the villagers to confirm Shan Xing's identity, "It's coming soon, let's invite everyone to drink."

"If you don't inform me, don't even think about entering the bridal chamber."

The two of you talk to each other, making a mess and not getting into the theme.

Anxiously, other villagers scratched their heads.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Li Huaizhong finally asked about what happened last night.

"Red Soldier, I heard that you are planning to grow vegetables in the village, and you will pay the villagers to grow vegetables for you!"

Ah!
Li Hongbing was stunned.

There is indeed such a thing as vegetable cultivation, but how do you know?
Li Huaizhong asked again, "Red Soldier, I heard that you are worth several million, and you plan to spend all of it on the construction of Xincaogou Village!"

Ahh!

Li Hongbing was completely dumbfounded.

How do you know my family background?

"Red Soldier, I heard that you want to make everyone in the village a millionaire household!"

Warney Horse!
That's not what I said.

Li Hongbing reacted in a jerk, and stared straight at Li Huazhong.

"Isn't it that I said these words after drinking last night?"

Ah!
Li Huaizhong and all the villagers present nodded at the same time.

I.
Li Hongbing opened his mouth, swallowed the words, reorganized and said, "Since I said it, let's discuss it together, can this matter be done?"

"Yes, we can do it." Li Huaizhong couldn't help being excited, "Our village is a mountainous village, and there is not much land that can be planted. The statistics of the year before last was 260 mu. There were still a lot of wasteland in the early years, but unfortunately all of them were returned. The forest has been returned, and each household still has some private plots.”

Only 260 mu of land, not as much as my grandfather left me.

Li Hongbing thought for a moment, and came up with the plan he had made with his second sister. "There are two models initially. The first one is contracted at 600 yuan per mu of land a year. Anyone who wants to can lease it to me."

600 yuan a year.

This contract price is neither high nor low in the forest area, but in the barren mountainous area of ​​Caogou Village, it is considered a high price.

But Da Kui and his group of villagers are not concerned about this.

There is little land in the village, and it is allocated to each household. If there is more than one or two mu, the less land is only a few points.

Even 6000 yuan per mu of land will not fall on my head.

Instead, it is more attractive for everyone to pay Uncle Hongbing to let them grow vegetables.

"The second option is that you produce the land, and I will provide the money and seeds. I will pay wages on a monthly basis, or I can pay by the weight of the vegetables grown."

Shui Sheng quickly raised his hand, "Uncle Hong Bing, why are you paid by monthly wages, why are you paid by weight, tell us about it!"

Li Hongbing looked into a pair of bright eyes, "Salary is that you are responsible for growing the vegetables, and I will pay the wages on a monthly basis. According to the weight, it is the time for the vegetables to be harvested. I will pay as much as the catties of vegetables harvested."

Whoa!
Suddenly there was a discussion in the yard.

Some people say that it is good to pay wages, and the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood, but growing vegetables is risky, and if the harvest is not good, it will be a big loss.

There are also some people who are confident that the level of farming is not bad, thinking that it is good to calculate by weight, as long as they work hard, they should be able to earn money.

……

(End of this chapter)